Kelly Mader

Kelly Mader is the Vice President of State Government Affairs at Peabody Energy. Peabody Energy, previously Peabody Coal Company, is the largest private-sector coal company in the world. In 2006, Peabody sold over 247 million tons of coal. The company's coal fuels approximately 10% of the electricity generated in the United States and 3% of electricity generated throughout the world. According to a biographical sketch appearing on the National Association of Attorneys General website, Mader "formerly served in the Wyoming legislature between 1984 and 1991, first as a state representative then as a state senator. During his time as state senator, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee and co-chaired the Joint Appropriations Committee."

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Mader is Peabody's representative on the Corporate ("Private Enterprise") Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).